Earlier this month, as we prepared for our first Divine Spiraling Rainbow Tribe sabbat of the year, Panprosdexia made it clear that they wanted to be the deity honored in the upcoming ritual. It made sense for us to be honoring the agender, asexual, unpartnered deity of the Tetrad ++ whose name is All Acceptance for a rite that honors who each of us truly are as well as who we are becoming.
In preparation for last weekend's Rite of Becoming, I sat with Panprosdexia and listened to the messages that came through. While we are just getting to know one another, we found a commonality in our affinity for ravens, and that opened the line of communication. In the intervening weeks between the first planning meeting and the rite itself, they had a lot to say. When working with Deity that I don't plan to aspect, I will often draw a Tarot card to see if it is in line with the messages I have been receiving.
Drawing from Paulina Cassidy's Joie de Vivre deck, I pulled the Two of Coins:
Flexibility. Motion, Balance, Focus, Change. Life isn’t an easy ride. The key to becoming involves an acceptance of the flow, and acceptance of who we are, and from that we learn how to navigate balance and become who we are meant to be.
This was completely in line with the messages I had been receiving from Panprosdexia:
Finding quiet time is essential. You need that quiet space in the dark to really meet yourself without distractions and find out what is really important. I hold containers of space. If you fill that space with what is expected of you, you’re not making room for who you actually are. You’re allowed to ask who you really are. It’s OK. It’s why I made this space for you. Even the things you are the most worried about revealing to the world I hold close, because that is who you are. And it is when you are able to be with me, and accept yourself as I accept you, that you are able to truly Become. In the darkest of places when you feel most alone, I will be there to take your hand.
That same night that I shared Panprosdexia's message with those present at ritual, I was welcomed as an official member of the Divine Spiraling Rainbow Tribe. In preparation, I have been working to empty my vessel of others' expectations of me, and I bring to this Work what I truly have to offer.
Written by Ravensong Phoenixfire
